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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) Quick Ratio : 0.90 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.90.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone has a quick ratio of 0.90. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NPPXF' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65   Med: 1.16   Max: 1.41
Current: 0.9

During the past 13 years, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's highest Quick Ratio was 1.41. The lowest was 0.65. And the median was 1.16.

NPPXF's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
54.82% of 394 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.96 vs NPPXF: 0.90

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Quick Ratio Chart

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.20 0.98 0.67 0.85 0.90

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.89 0.90 0.89 0.94 0.90

Competitive Comparison of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio falls into.



Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Mar. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(49787.924-3870.959)/51172.871
=0.90

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(50179.141-3888.062)/51257.78
=0.90

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Nippon Telegraph & Telephone  (OTCPK:NPPXF) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5-1, Otemachi 1-Chome, Otemachi First Square, East Tower, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-8116
NTT owns NTT DoCoMo, the largest wireless operator in Japan, with 87.5 million subscribers. It also owns NTT East and NTT West, the two regional incumbent fixed-line operators in Japan, with about 12.1 million traditional fixed-line and 23.5 million broadband lines (around 72% of which are wholesaled). The firm also provides IT and communications systems integration via NTT Communications and 52.4%-owned NTT Data.

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